In the wake of XXL’s 10 Freshmen for ’10 cover, one question kept coming up: What happened to New York? For hip-hop’s first 25 years, ...

Earlier this morning on his Shade 45 Sirius Satelite radio station, Eminem revealed that Havoc landed a spot on his new album, Recovery. XXLMag.com quickly ...

On this, the 13th anniversary of Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace’s death, it’s time to pay homage to one of the all-time great lyricists. Coming into ...

Under normal circumstances, rappers like Chi Ali, John Forte and Mystikal wouldn’t be mentioned in the same sentence as T.I., Lil Kim and Foxy Brown. ...

Wanna learn how to be a super MC? In the new book, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, over 100 ...

The votes are in. After giving a year-by-year rundown of every single XXL cover of the past 10 years and allowing fans to vote for ...

It’s week two of XXL’s look back on our decade of dominance as we reflect on all the covers we’ve done over the past 10 ...

Yes y'all, this is the one and only R.A. the Rugged Man. My label hit me up on short notice to come blog some shit ...

Rappers and robbers have always had a love-hate relationship. First, the petty purse-snatcher graduates to flossy rap star, only to have his own pockets relieved ...